Today's News

The St. Catharine College men and women swept a Mid-South Conference basketball doubleheader Thursday night at UVA-Wise.

Lena Bramblett’s women came away with an 84-73 win in the opener and J.T. Burton’s men won the nightcap 85-62.
The Patriot women held a slim 36-34 lead at halftime, but pulled away after intermission for the 11-point victory. Nearly half the Patriots’ points in the second half came at the foul line where they hit 21 of 26 free throws. They were 26-33 on charity tosses for the game.

In two of the most exciting games of the season, the St. Catharine College men and women used last- second heroics to pull out two wins Saturday at Pikeville College in Mid-South Conference basketball.

In the women’s game, freshman guard Carol Ruiz-Lopez nailed a three-point goal with two seconds to play to give the Patriots a 70-69 win. Brandon Johnson then provided similar fireworks as he canned a trey with 14 seconds left and the Patriots held on for a 71-69 victory.

Four former St. Johns Country Day School (Fla.) student-athletes were recently inducted into the Orange Park, Fla. private school’s athletic hall of fame.

The hall of fame was established four years ago “to honor athletes who have brought recognition to themselves and to St. Johns with their pursuit of excellence on the playing field and beyond,” according to a news release.
Joe Cambron, class of 1986, son of Fabian Cambron of Springfield, was one of the 2010 inductees.

A fixture of Washington County girls’ basketball will stepping down soon.

Linda Hourigan, the team’s long-time statistician, will be keeping the book for the Commanderettes for the last time at home on Friday.
For her, the journey has been a long one, filled with fouls, free throws and fourth quarters.
I knew Hourigan before I knew her. My wife’s father, Freddie Leathers, used to coach the Marion County girls’ basketball team. My wife was a manager for his teams.

With the end of the regular season fast approaching, the Commanderettes look for more wins to put in the books.

Their quest to end the regular season on a positive note ends at home on Friday as they face East Jessamine (4-16).
Tipoff is set for 7:30 p.m. at Washington County High School.
“I know they have a young team,” Commanders head coach Bernard Smalley said.
With senior night on queue, Smalley knows it will be an emotional game.

The Bardstown Tigers are among a handful of contenders that looked poised to win the Fifth Region crown and punch their ticket to the state tournament.

First, however, they must go through Washington County.
The first two times around, the Tigers outscored the Commanders by an average of 98-54.
“We’re going to have to control the tempo,” Commanders head coach Russell Burkhead said. “They want to make it 94 feet, up and down the floor.”

It has finally arrived! Time to start preparing to sow grass seed again. Generally September is the best time, however, with the drought last fall, that was almost impossible, but that won’t be our limiting factor now!